So whatever gender you are, follow the 5 steps outlined by the Breast Cancer Foundation in checking for abnormalities in your pectoral region.

To showcase that breast cancer and Cancer does not discriminate, I also baked a couple of different muffins 🙂

Part of the selection of muffins used in the above pictures contained Gluten-Free Apple Muffins using Pink Lady apples, Banana Muffins (as mentioned earlier) with and without pink cream cheese frosting.

Don’t forget that 24 October 2011 is Pink Ribbon Day and therefore, you should dress up in your brightest pink, arrange a morning tea, start donating and remember to pass the message on.

Remember that early detection saves lives, so start checking today!

Breast Cancer Facts:

Did you know that nearly 1 in every 9 women in Australia are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime?

9 out of 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history

In Australia, one woman dies of breast cancer every four hours

At this point, there are no ways to prevent breast cancer, hence early detection by checking (either yourself or via your doctor) is the best prevention

Very, very fitting post, I-Hua! Really glad you chose this over all our crazy ideas haha… And so happens I was eating a cupcake while reading this hehe… I sincerely hope all the women I know and in my family get checked too. Btw, congrats on the 500th post!! It’s really great that you’ve hit this milestone. But this is just the beginning, I’m sure! Exciting times ahead! =OWinston recently posted…Suminoya, Sydney CBD

Congrats on the 500th post! Disappointed that it’s not dedicated to me, but I SUPPOSE it’s for a good cause so that’s okay. 😉 And those guys can check me out any day. HAHAHA.Agnes recently posted…This week in brief

Congrats on your 500th post!! A great topic to be raising awareness for as well :). And whoa that video got me shielding my eyes in embarrassment hahaAmes recently posted…The inevitable hiatus announcement

A big congratulations on your 500th post! And may there be many more delicious stories to come! 😀 A very cute way of sending the message that cancer doesn’t discriminate!Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella recently posted…The Pie Tin, Newtown

HAHAHA… I showed a colleague of mine today the video and we were both so engrossed and didn’t hear the loud tapping on the window. It was my GM peeking through and frowning at us and laughing at our shock! Hahahaha

Thank you, I-Hua. Not many of us think to take opportunities like this to think of others (I’m definitely guilty of using my blogiversary to simply talk about how much I love blogging). You’re inspirational, and while I haven’t talked publicly of why this means so much to me, you know. Hugs.

Congratulations on hitting your 500th post milestone. That is certainly a commitment these days, and I hope someday to get my own blog up to that many posts. But until I can get rid of some distractions (including about thinking about boobies… not like I wasn’t already), I don’t think that it will be a realistic goal for me.Frank Hines recently posted…¿Cuáles son las principales diferencias entre la acupuntura , acupresión ?